Anthropic brings Claude directly to Chrome

ChatGPT gets an App Store, GPT-5.2-Codex lands, and the smartest AI tools you should be using this week.

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Tirupati Rao
December 20, 2025

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Table of Content

  • Top News

  • Today’s AI Tool

  • This Week’s AI Tool Updates

  • Today’s Prompt

  • AI News Highlights

  • Productivity Tools

  • Useful Resources

  • Digital Products by itirupati.com

ChatGPT now includes a built-in app directory across web and mobile. Users can connect tools like Dropbox, Spotify, Booking.com, Apple Music, and DoorDash to take real actions inside chats. Apps are organized by Lifestyle, Productivity, and Featured, with @mentions for quick access. Developers can submit apps, with monetization and privacy controls evolving next.

Claude is now available as a Chrome extension for Pro, Team, and Enterprise users. It can read DOM state, console errors, and support Claude Code workflows across terminal and browser. Admins get org-wide controls, making browser-native AI safer and more practical for daily work.

GPT-5.2-Codex is the most advanced agentic coding model yet, built for long-horizon engineering, large refactors, Windows environments, and defensive cybersecurity. It shows state-of-the-art benchmark results and is rolling out to paid Codex users, with trusted access planned for security professionals.

Today’s AI Tool: Unbounce

About Tool: Unbounce is a conversion-first landing page platform built for marketers who want results without relying on developers. It focuses on testing, personalization, and data-driven optimization.

What it does: Unbounce lets you build high-converting landing pages with a no-code editor, run A/B tests, use AI-powered Smart Traffic to route visitors to the best variant, personalize copy dynamically, and optimize conversions in real time.

Perfect for: Performance marketers, PPC advertisers, SaaS teams, agencies, and lead-gen teams running paid campaigns and high-intent funnels where every click matters.

This Week’s AI Tool Updates

  1. ChatGPT Images gets a major upgrade
    OpenAI rolled out a revamped ChatGPT Images experience with faster generation, more precise edits, and better detail retention. It’s now powered by the new flagship image model and available to users and API devs — making visual creation quicker and more reliable across use cases.

  2. Google enhances AI conversation with Gemini audio boost: Google released an upgraded Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio model that improves voice-based AI interactions, boosting context understanding and longer conversation quality in tools like Gemini Live and Search Live.

  3. Adobe Firefly adds powerful video tools: Adobe enhanced Firefly with smarter generative video controls — including prompt-based edits without full re-generations, browser-based video editing, and 4K upscaling in beta. Creators get more flexibility and less friction.

  4. Meta brings AI to smart glasses: Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses (Ray-Ban Meta & Oakley Meta HSTN) now include Conversation Focus to amplify spoken conversations and a Spotify integration driven by visual context.

  5. New AI compliance headlines hit marketing world: A new NY advertising law requires clear disclosure when using AI-generated people in ads — forcing marketers to formalize policies around synthetic talent and avatar use in campaigns.

Prompt of the Week: Build Your Own AI Agent

Use this ready-to-copy prompt to convert raw notes into something usable in minutes.

You are an execution-focused assistant.

Context:
These are my raw notes (unstructured, messy, incomplete on purpose):
[PASTE YOUR NOTES HERE]

Task:
Turn these notes into a clear, actionable output.

Output format:
Choose ONE (or combine if needed):
- Email
- Blog post
- Newsletter section
- Action plan
- Checklist
- Presentation outline
- Social media post
- Product brief
- SOP / documentation

Requirements:
- Remove fluff and repetition
- Fill logical gaps without inventing facts
- Make it concise, structured, and ready to use
- Use simple language
- If assumptions are made, list them at the end

Tone:
[Professional / Casual / Persuasive / Clear / Executive]

Audience:
[Who this is for]

Length:
[Short / Medium / Detailed]

Final step:
After the output, suggest 2–3 ways to improve or extend it.

Pro tip:
This prompt works insanely well with meeting notes, voice transcripts, idea dumps, and Notion pages you never revisit.

AI News Highlights

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AI News Highlights

  1. OpenAI launches an App Store inside ChatGPT, turning chat into an action layer for music, files, travel, shopping, and work apps.

  2. Anthropic brings Claude to Chrome, letting AI read webpages, debug code, and work directly in the browser.

  3. OpenAI releases GPT-5.2-Codex, setting a new benchmark for agentic coding and defensive cybersecurity.

  4. Google upgrades Gemini’s native audio, pushing real-time voice AI closer to human-level conversations.

  5. Meta accelerates AI video creation, intensifying competition with OpenAI and Google in generative media.

  6. NVIDIA strengthens AI infrastructure with new tools focused on large-scale scheduling and compute efficiency.

  7. Adobe expands Firefly, adding smarter video editing and creator-focused AI controls.

  8. Microsoft pushes Copilot deeper into enterprise workflows, signaling AI as default business software.

  9. Major regulators globally tighten AI rules, forcing clearer disclosures and safety frameworks for generative AI tools.

  10. AI shifts from “tool” to “platform”, as browsers, operating systems, and apps embed AI at the core—not the edges.

  11. Nvidia expands open-source AI infrastructure by acquiring scheduling software provider SchedMD, boosting AI compute job management across data centers.

  12. UN launches a global AI resource hub with 750+ initiatives from 50+ UN entities to support worldwide AI alignment and access.

  13. Record data-center investment hits $61 B in 2025, underscoring global infrastructure build-outs to power AI growth.

  14. New NY AI safety law signed, mandating safety plans and rapid incident reporting from big AI companies starting 2027.

  15. Meta intensifies AI video race, developing a new image/video model “Mango” to compete with Google and OpenAI.

💰 AI Startup Funding Highlights

  1. Databricks raises over $4B in Series L, boosting its valuation to $134B as investors double down on AI and data warehousing platforms.

  2. Runware secures $50M Series A to build a unified API layer for generative AI development, drawing global developer interest.

  3. Ankar lands $20M Series A for AI-powered patent automation, signaling continued VC appetite for niche AI workflows.

  4. Lovable raises $330M Series B at a ~$530M total valuation (lead investors include CapitalG, Menlo Ventures), showcasing large AI software round momentum.

  5. Chai Discovery closes $130M in Series B, with broad backers from Oak HC/FT to General Catalyst, marking strong funding for AI research platforms.

Check out more updates (only summaries, no big articles) → itirupati.com/ai-pulse

Productivity AI Tools

  1. Notis
    Your AI intern that lives in WhatsApp and updates your CRM, Notion, socials, and tasks with a single message.

    Try: https://notis.ai/

  2. Tendem
    A hybrid AI + human agent that executes tedious work accurately, fast, and fully verified.

    Try: https://tendem.ai/

  3. Criticly
    A privacy-first AI companion that turns any text into instant insights, critiques, and clearer thinking.

    Try: https://getcriticly.app/

  4. Collate
    A free, offline AI that lets you summarize and chat with PDFs—no signup, no limits, full privacy.

    Try: https://collate.one/

  5. Raccoon AI
    An all-in-one AI agent that plans, builds, designs, analyzes, and delivers real work you can deploy and present.

    Try: https://raccoonai.tech/

Latest AI Tools

  1. NeoSapien
    A conversation-first AI wearable that turns real-life conversations into searchable memory and self-reflection.

    Try: https://neosapien.xyz/

  2. Harness
    An AI-powered DevOps platform that automates testing, deployment, and releases for safer, faster software delivery.

    Try: https://www.harness.io/

  3. ChatGiraffe
    A chat-based AI that tracks expenses and bookkeeping from texts, voice notes, receipts, and screenshots.

    Try: https://www.chatgiraffe.ai/

  4. RankPrompt
    An AI visibility tool that shows how often your brand appears inside answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.

    Try: https://rankprompt.com/

  5. Tewtor AI
    A personal AI tutor for STEM that teaches step-by-step, adapts to your level, and focuses on real understanding.

    Try: https://tewtor.ai/

Useful Resources

A free, comprehensive guide for mastering AI prompts—perfect for beginners and pros who want structured templates and best practices for ChatGPT, GPT-4, and other LLMs.

A community-curated repository of prompts, AI tools, and workflow templates for productivity, marketing, coding, writing, and more.

Discover the top LinkedIn Learning AI courses to gain practical skills, earn recognized certificates, and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving job market.

5000+ curated prompts, cheat sheets, and AI tools to supercharge your productivity, creativity, and communication.

Official OpenAI guides covering API usage, prompt design, best practices, and example workflows—useful for developers and non-developers alike.

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